Cuscuta has the efficacy of tonifying the liver and kidney, consolidating semen and urine (consolidating semen and urine, preventing random leakage), stabilizing the fetus, brightening the eyes, and stopping diarrhea; and eliminating the wind and expelling blemishes when used externally.
Cuscuta is the dried mature seeds of Cuscuta sinensis or Cuscuta chinensis, which is a plant of family Cuscutaceae. It is pungent, sweet, and flat in nature, and is attributed to the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians, and is more widely used in clinical practice.
Cuscuta has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney, can be used to treat the insufficiency of the liver and kidney caused by lumbago, urinary frequency, infertility, impotence and spermatorrhea, etc.; and antidiarrheal and fetal efficacy, can be used for the treatment of diarrhea caused by Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney loose stools (feces dilute and not shaped), fetal restlessness and other conditions.
Cuscuta need to be correctly used under the guidance of a professional physician, pay attention to yin deficiency fire, dry stools need to be careful with this drug.